Process of preparing fowls for plucking



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PBOOEBS OF PBEPABII TG I'OWL S iOB PLUCKING.

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The invention has for its object the only I 10 plucking which is adapted to render theflesh so that all feat-hers, pin feathers, and

dirt can expeditiously be removed from fowls in a sin l e operation.

-A further ject of my invention is to 18 provide a. process for preparin ,fowls' for cleaning which is adapted to ren er the flesh.

so that all feathers and dirt can be removed without iniurin the flesh. i A further ob ect of my invention is to provide a process of preparing fowls for plucking which will permit the fowls to be picked at once or may be picked with ease a few hours later.

A further object of my invention is to il provide a process of preparing fowls for plucking which is -simple and eflicient in its operation. 1

A furtherobject of my invention is to 'provide a process of sterilizing feathers so while still on the fowls so that they may be laced in commercial use as soon as removed from the fowls a A further object of'my invention is a process'which will enable me to put into pracu tical operation my mechanical Patent Number 1,637,096.

Heretofore ithas been customary to subject the carcass of the fowls to dry-picking or preliminary scalding. Not only are these methods slow and expensive in operation but the carcass is liable tobe bruised or torn with, consequent injury to theskin or meat with an up and down motion, to allow the' water to enetrate to the very roots of the feathers, or 30 to 36 seconds in a'tank of water keptat the uniform of Application lied September so, 1927. Serial in. 22mm.

from 125 to 127 degrees Fahrenheit for a PATENT OFFICE."

120 to 130 degrees Fahrenheit. The most eflicient results are obtained-by undulating the fowls for 34 seconds in water kept at a uniform temperature of 126 degrees Fahrenheit;

In the foregoing, I have described the best method of carrying my process into operation, developed during the course of fifteen years of experimenting, and as has resulted from actual practice been found highly satisfactory in obtaining the desired results. It will be obvious however, that other liquids may be adapted; and that various changes in. the manner of agitating the fowls may be resorted to by those skilled in the art without departing from the-spirit and scope of the invention.

What I claim is: a

1. The process of preparing fowls for plucking which consists in undulating the fowls in water at a temperature of 126. de- 7'0 grees. Fahrenheit for 34 seconds.

2; The process of preparing fowls for plucking which consists in treatin the fowls m water at a temperature of substantially .126 degrees Fahrenheit'for substantially 34 seconds.

3. The process of preparing fowls for plucking which consists in undulating the fowls in water at a temperature from to 127 degrees Fahrenheit for 33 to 35 seconds.

4. The process of preparing fowls for plucking which consists in treating the unplucked fowl in liquid at a temperature of less than 130 degrees Fahrenheit for a predetermined short period of time.

5. The process of preparing fowls for plucking which consists in semi-scalding. said fowls in a, liquid at a temperature of period of 33 to 35'seconds.

6. The process of preparing fowls for plucking which consists in semi-scalding unplucked fowls in a liquid maintained at a temperature of 126' degrees F ahrenheit for a period of 34 seconds.

7 JOHN 

